Bibcode
Camps-Fariña, A.; Beckman, J. E.; Font, J.; Borlaff, A.; Zaragoza-Cardiel, J.; Amram, P.
Bibliographical reference
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 461, Issue 1, p.L87-L91
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2016
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Description
Using a specialized technique sensitive to the presence of expanding
ionized gas, we have detected a set of three concentric expanding shells
in an H II region in the nearby spiral galaxy M33. After mapping the
kinematics in Hα with Fabry-Perot spectroscopy, we used slit
spectra to measure the intensities of the [S II] doublet at
λλ671.9, 673.1 nm and the [N II] doublet at
λλ645.8, 658.3 nm to corroborate the kinematics and apply
diagnostic tests using line ratios. These showed that the expanding
shells are shock dominated as would be the case if they had originated
with supernova explosions. Estimating their kinetic energies, we find
fairly low values, indicating a fairly advanced stage of evolution. We
obtain density, mass and parent star mass estimates, which, along with
the kinetic energies, are inconsistent with the simplest models of
shock-interstellar medium interaction. We propose that the presence and
properties of an inhomogeneous medium offer a scenario which can account
for these observations, and discuss the implications. Comparing our
results with data from the literature supports the combined presence of
an H II region and supernova remnant material at the observed position.